M em o ran d uivi - boo k



' UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS A. MILLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE E. GREEN, OE BINGl-IAMTON, NEWV YORK.

MEMORANDUlVi=-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,412, dated December 15, 1891.

Application filed September 19, 1891. erial No, 406.203- (llo model) i To all whom, iv may concern: I

Be it known that I, MARCUS A. MILLER, of St. Louis, in the 'county of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Memorandum-Books, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description. v

Myinventionrelatestomemorandum-books, and particularly to that class which consists of a body subdivided into transverse pockets open on one face and one edge, and removable and reversible tablets inserted into the pockets and exposing, a face for use through the open side of the pocket, these open-faced pockets being also used in conjunction with accordion-plaited pockets, open only upon the edge for storage-purposes, the back or closed side of each open-faced pocket being adapted to hold permanent tables or compilations of facts or figures.

My object is to produce a handy memorandum-book provided with tablets for recording business transactions, for a cash-ledger, for an expense-account, for a calendar, and for such other purposes asmay be desirable, said tablets being removably inserted into pockets, each pocket having an open face and an end or edge for the insertion or removal of the tablets, said tablets being reversible, if desired, and storage-pockets being also provided, and all adapted to be folded up into small compass for pocket use,

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and operation hereinafter described, and which are specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of the book closed. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same partly opened. Fig. 3 is a face View of the same, showing the outer leaf opened, so as to show two inner faces. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line or :1: in Fig. 3, but difiering somewhat therefrom in the. extent to which the leaves are opened, the leaf showing the calendar in Fig. 3 being raised to a vertical and the expense-register leaf being raised nearly outer leaves unfolded, and also showing one v tablet partly removed.

The book is constructed of leaves ab 0, connected together by a flexible connection (:1, as of the leather or cloth constituting the outer covering.- Each leaf is provided with a stiff backing c, secured upon the cover in leaves a and c, and in leaf b,forming one side of the storage-pocket b, the ends of which are formed in accordion-pla'its. The leaf 0 is doublefaced. Upon each of the leaves an open-faced pocket (or pockets) is formed by folding over the edges of the cover or by securing a matp upon each backing, leaving one edge or end open for the insertion or removal of the tab lets f. These tablets consist of cardsof pasteboard or analogous material, and, as shown in the drawings, oneis ruled as for a cash-account, another is for a calendar, and another is for an expense-register; but they may be ruled or printed in other ways to adapt them to other kinds of business. These tablets can be printed or ruled so as to be used upon both sides. It will be seen also that by drawing out one of the tablets the compilation of facts, figures, rules, &c., permanently secured to or printed upon the backing behind that tablet, are exposed to view for examination. Upon one of the leaf connectionsl make a loop h to hold a pencil m.

The tablets are all of ordinary use, except that labeled Expense .Register, which is used as follows: The vertical columns for the denominations of money indicated and thehorizontal spaces being for each day of the week for recording expenses under the heads printed upon the left.

Each tablet is designed to cover and record a whole weeks expenses. For instance, the upper horizontal compartment marked Fare & Sleeper, as marked by the dots in the spaces in the upper row, indicates that'six dollars and thirty cents were paid for fare, and by the marks that two dollars and fifty cents were paid for sleeper on that day. In the next compartment the dot and mark indicate that fiftycents were paidfor baggage and fifty cents for bus-fare. In the next compartment the to secure by Letters Patent,-is

1. A book consisting of leaves connected flexibly and adapted to fold inwardly and open-faced mats secured upon each leaf in a plane parallel with and detached from the leaf by side or end connections, leaving one edge open, creating open-faced pockets, in

combination with removable pockets inserted into said tablets.

2. A book consisting of leaves flexibly connected and adapted to fold over inwardly, each leaf comprising a cover, and a backing secured thereon, and open-faced mats secured by three edges to each leaf in aplane parallel with and detached from the leaf by connecting-strips secured to the mat and to the leaf, creating an open-faced pocket upon each leaf, in combination with removable recording-tablets inserted into said pockets and a storagepocket between the backing and cover of one leaf, all inclosed by folding the outer leaves over inwardly.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day August, 1891.

MARCUS A. MILLER.

In presence of O. W. SMITH,

HOWARD P. DENISON. 

